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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1944
Page
3
Homemakers learn to bake pop overs and cream puffs as war time substitutes. The guide covers proper beating and heat management to ensure light shells, plus a cream filling and serving ideas. Recipes include pop overs nine yield and puff shells with detailed baking steps and a vanilla cream filling.
A farm community narrative reflects on war work commitments from quilting to corn bees, noting cancelled plans, hard labor, and a successful auction despite difficulties. The writer praises rural effort, contrasts urban distractions, and emphasizes gratitude amid ongoing work.
Charlottetown earns praise as having the cleanest streets among similar sized Canadian cities. Dr F C Douglas, chair of the Street Committee, responds to a city council member about the state of the streets.
Twenty years ago the Reese family of Acton moved to Toronto for work while several members held good city jobs. The article notes the first inter high school field day held in the county with Oakville taking first, Burlington second, and Acton third. A fatal car accident near Campbellville claimed Joe Gilmour, 16, in a Guelph Road crash, and a marriage notice for Forster and Irving is listed among other snippets.
Annapolis Valley farmers who lost 175 000 barrels of apples in recent windstorms have permission to send the windfalls to processing plants under a government contract. Previously processing of windfalls was forbidden. Dr H Raup of the Arnold Arboretum Harvard University recently found ancient Indian stone tools near the Alaskan Highway from Fairbanks through the Laird Gap in the Rockies but could not guess their age.
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